CONMEBOL, South American soccer's governing body, announced Wednesday that it will stage a special Copa América in July 2016 that will take place in the United States and celebrate the organization's centenary.

The South American championship tournament for national teams, which has taken place at irregular intervals since 1916, is scheduled to be played again in Chile in 2015. One year later, the 10 South American nations will gather in the U.S. along with the hosts, Mexico and four additional CONCACAF qualifiers.

CONMEBOL said those four teams will be determined at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Neither CONCACAF nor the U.S. Soccer Federation confirmed the news.

CONMEBOL routinely invites two guest teams to the Copa América in order to create a 12-team tournament. Mexico is a regular and the U.S. has participated three times, in 1993, 1995 and 2007.

The Americans finished fourth in '95, defeating Argentina 3-0 on the way, but disappointed in '07 as a "B" team crashed out with three losses. U.S. fans and organizers were unhappy with the player selection and performance, but coach Bob Bradley had little choice with the Copa opening just four days after the U.S. first string defeated Mexico in the Gold Cup final.

Mexico was Copa América runner-up in 2001 and has made the semifinals of four of the past six tournaments. Uruguay is the defending champion.

CONMEBOL offered no details about stadiums.

The U.S. national team has a full schedule over the next few years: World Cup qualifying and the Gold Cup in 2013, the World Cup (hopefully) in 2014, the Gold Cup the following year and then in 2016, the Centennial Copa América and the start of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup.